Improvement in faucets



JOHN WILOOX, OF TnOMrsONv'iLLn, CONNsorteer. Letters Patent N0. 63,127, minima 19, 1867.y

IMPROVEMENT INrAUOETs.

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'ro ALL wHOM rr MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN WILCOX, Oi' Thompsonvlle, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut,

hate invented a vnewland improved Faucet; and I do hereby declare that the following is o full, clear, and exact description thereof, which .will enable others skilled in the artto make 'and use thesanie, reference being had to the accompanying.drawiugmforming apart of this=speci-cation.

Wy intention consists in constructing Aa faucet in'such amanner thatthe liability to leak from any part is greatly lessened; the faucet valve being doubly paclyed,land the packing of allA the joints, as well as that 'of the valve, being secured in recesses provided forthe purpose, as will, be hereafter described.

{[hevdrawing represents a central vertical section 'of the-faucet. y

A is the shell, which is attachedl rto the barrel or other vessel in the usual manner. B is the vvalvejoint; C is the stem; D is a socket .screwed into the lower portion of the sh'ell'; E represents the cap,a'nd F the part attached to the stem .by which the faucet is operated. The faueet is operated by 4tnrning'the.stein, the .lower portion of which has a screw-thread upon it, 'which works in a femalescrew in .the socket D, as seen in the drawings. TO form a doable packed joint for lthe valve,l atB there is a thimble, a, screwed into the shell and forming a recess for packing There is another recess formed inthe valve portion of the-stern, as seen at b. A single recess is also seen in the socket-piece D, which conta-ins packing, and forms a joint with the lower portion of the shell., as seen at cl., The same arrangenient is' seen at the top of the'shell, the recess for the packing being -in the cap E. e yis a metallic plate resting upon a shoulder in the shell andsupporting a piece'of elastic packing under the cap, and marked f. y represents an aperture through the valve stem for waste when the' faucet is used in certain situations. It will be noticed ,as 'a ldistinguishing featureof this faucet that the packing of the valve and all the joints is secured in recesses. The packing is in the form of rings ofrubber, or some other elastic material, and laid into the recesses and pressedv by metallic surfaces, as seen in the drawing, by the screws. This packingis marked o and the recesses are marked A v Having thus described my invention,.what I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'.lhe faucet, consisting of the shell A, stern'C,- socket D, thimb'le a,'valve vjoint B, and packing recesses p. constructed as herein set forth for the purpose specied.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 21st day of November, 1866.

JOHN WILcOX. Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, vAime-F. ROBERTS. 

